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The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VIII Letters and Misc. Writings 1779-1781

Volume 8 of a 12 volume collection of Franklin’s works. Vol. 7 contains letters and miscellaneous writings from 1779-1781.

The Works of Benjamin Franklin, including the Private as well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence, together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, compiled and edited by John Bigelow (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). The Federal Edition in 12 volumes. Vol. VIII Letters and Misc. Writings 1779-1781.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII
The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume VIII
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
TO RICHARD OLIVER, ESQ.
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO M. JOSHUA JOHNSON
TO MONTAUDOIN
TO M. DUMAS1
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO A. LEE
TO A. LEE
TO —— SAYRE
TO WILLIAM LEE
TO JOHN ADAMS1
TO JOSHUA JOHNSON
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO J. ADAMS
TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
TO JOSIAH QUINCY
TO SAMUEL COOPER
FROM DAVID HARTLEY
Observations by Mr. Hartley
TO JOHN ADAMS, ESQ.
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
INSTRUCTIONS TO JOHN PAUL JONES, COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN SQUADRON IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, NOW IN THE PORT OF L’ORIENT
MEMORIAL OF ARTHUR LEE1
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO THOMAS VINY
TO MRS. PATIENCE WRIGHT1
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO —— LLOYD
TO JOHN ADAMS
TO GENERAL BECKWITH
TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TO SIR EDWARD NEWENHAM
TO —— ——
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO HORATIO GATES1
TO THE MARINE COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS
TO RICHARD BACHE
TO CHARLES CARROLL, ESQ., OF CARROLLTON
TO MRS. SARAH BACHE
TO FRANCIS HOPKINSON
TO WILLIAM GREENE, GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND
TO HONORABLE THE COUNCIL OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY
TO JOHN JAY
TO MR. BACHE (HIS SON-IN-LAW)
TO MESSRS. J. ROCQUETTE, I. ELSVIER, AND BROTHERS ROCQUETTE
TO MR. AR. GILLON, COMME.
TO MR. WILLIAMS
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO MR. DUBOURG
TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO MR. DIGGES
TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO MR. CHARLES EPP1
FROM THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO MR. SCHWEIGHAUSER
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO MR. NESBIT
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO ARTHUR LEE, ESQ.
TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO EDWARD BRIDGEN
TO JOHN JAY, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO HONORABLE CAPTAIN LANDAIS
TO HONORABLE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY FOR THE EASTERN DEPARTMENT, BOSTON
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO —— AUSTIN
TO MR. STADEL
TO THE COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS, PHILA.
TO A FRIEND IN AMERICA
TO SAMUEL COOPER
TO MR. HOLKER
TO MESSRS. FIZEAUX AND GRAND
TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN
TO JOHN BAPTIST BECCARIA
TO CAPTAIN CONYNGHAM
TO R. BERNSTORFF, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN DENMARK
FROM CAPTAIN CONYNGHAM
TO JOSHUA JOHNSON1
TO W. STRAHAN, ESQ.
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO RICHARD PRICE
TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
Enclosed in the foregoing Letter; being an Answer to a separate Paper received from Dr. Priestley
TO M. DE SARTINE
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO COL. FLEURY
FROM THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
TO LOUIS XVI2
TO M. DE LAFAYETTE
TO SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO GENERAL GATES
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON1
TO THE CHEVALIER DE LA LUZERNE1
TO FRANCIS HOPKINSON
FROM R. BERNSTORFF, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN DENMARK
TO CAPT. LANDAIS
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO THOMAS BOND1
TO SAMUEL COOPER
TO CYRUS GRIFFIN
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO JOSEPH REED, PRESIDENT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TO JOSEPH REED
Certificate referred to above
TO M. DE SARTINE
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO JOHN ROSS
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO THE JUDGES OF THE ADMIRALTY AT CHERBOURG
DCCCLXXIX: NOTE FOR HIS EXCELLENCY, MONSIEUR LE COMTE DE VERGENNES
TO THE OFFICERS OF THE ADMIRALTY OF VANNES
FROM LAROCHEFOUCAULD D’ENVILLE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN
TO AN AGENT FOR AMERICAN CRUISERS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO ROBERT MORRIS
TO DE NEUFVILLE & SON
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO DE NEUFVILLE & SON
TO CAPT. LANDAIS, LATE COMMANDER OF THE “ALLIANCE,” L’ORIENT
TO THE LIEUTENANT JAMES DEGGE OF THE SHIP “ALLIANCE,” AND THE OTHER OFFICERS OF THE SAID SHIP, AT L’ORIENT
TO JOHN JAY1
TO M. WHARTON
TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL1
TO COMMODORE JONES
TO JOHN FOTHERGILL
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO M. VAN DER OUDER MEULEN1
TO M. DE RAYNEVAL
TO MR. DIGGES
TO MR. WILLIAMS
TO M. DE SARTINE1
FROM COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO PAUL JONES
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO ALEXANDER SMALL1
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO DE VERGENNES
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO M. SCHWEIGHAUSER
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO MR. AND MRS. WEST
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES
DCCCCXVI: DIPLOMATIC MEMORANDUM ENCLOSING A SKETCH OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION1
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO JOHN JAY
TO J. ADAMS
TO JOHN ADAMS
TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO THOMAS RUSTON
TO RICHARD PRICE
DCCCCXXV: DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT
FROM JOHN ADAMS
TO SIR GREY COOPER, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY OF GREAT BRITAIN
TO EDWARD NAIRNE, OF LONDON
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
FROM COUNT DE VERGENNES
DCCCCXXXI: EXTRACT FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS TO B. FRANKLIN, ESQ., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE COURT OF FRANCE
FROM JOHN ADAMS
TO MR. SEARLE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO REV. DR. COOPER, BOSTON
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO MR. JONATHAN WILLIAMS
DCCCCXL: FRAGMENT OF A DIARY1
FROM SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
FROM M. DE MARBOIS, SECRETARY TO THE FRENCH LEGATION IN THE UNITED STATES
TO BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE1
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS
TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY
TO DAVID BARCLAY
TO SIR EDWARD NEWENHAM
PASSPORT
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO FELIX NOGARET
TO M. DE RAYNEVAL, SECRETARY TO THE COUNCIL OF STATE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY
TO WILLIAM HODGSON
FROM FRANCIS DANA
TO FRANCIS DANA
FROM JOHN ADAMS
TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL
TO JOHN ADAMS
TO THE MARQUIS TURGOT
TO CHARLES F. DUMAS
FROM MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY
TO COURT DE GEBELIN, PARIS1
TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
FROM GEN’L ARNOLD’S AGENT IN LONDON1
ARNOLD’S PLOT
ON GENERAL ARNOLD
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO SAMUEL COOPER
TO FRANCIS LEWIS
TO JOHN ADAMS
FROM COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO MESSRS. D. WENDORP AND THOMAS HOPE HEYHGER
FROM JOHN LAURENS1
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO JOHN ADAMS
FROM SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO WILLIAM JACKSON2
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO WILLIAM JACKSON
TO WILLIAM JACKSON
TO WILLIAM JACKSON
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES1
TO WILLIAM JACKSON
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS

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